Any expedition should choose operators based on
capability and competence. If an expedition were to
choose all the team from those who work by numbers,
their would be uproar on the bands. In my view if the
operator can only handle a pile up if it contains one
number HE should not be there. The place to gain
competence is during contests and small expeditions
not major ones, this may be harsh but it's the
reality. This does not however excuse stations
calling at will under any restrictions. 73 Clive
GM3POI
Steve AB4I, said:
I heard an incident during the K5D operation that
just delighted me
and, in my view, set a good example on pile-up
behavior. The K5D
operator was working a SSB pile-up by numbers and
took several tries
to extract a callsign from the pile-up that should
have been 4's,
which as it turned out was an '8' call. The result
was that the K5D
operator said that he would not log the contact,
because the call was
out of turn and he asked the operator to call again
later with the 8th
call area! The pile-up seemed to be much better
behaved afterwards.
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